Fortunately, the concubine of the Confucian Temple is in a hurry, and now the palace is busy, and many people have been summoned to arrange the spiritual shed where the foreign women will be sacrificed tomorrow - the small spiritual shed in the courtyard of Qingning Palace, no matter how casual it is, it is an internal matter, but the big spiritual shed can not be perfunctory, and the style of the heavenly family can not be lazy, although the craftsmen were summoned into the palace overnight to build the shed, but there is still a lot of work to be done inside and outside the shed. After deducting the manpower to maintain the operation of the 24 yamen, those who served in the palaces and could not leave their posts without permission, those who were basically vacant all went over to help. In addition, at night, there are still a thousand taels between the west of Qingning Palace and the serious palace city, most of the concubines have already returned, and the remaining Concubine Jing and Wu Jieyu, one is a serious relative, the other is a person from Yong'an Palace, Xu Xun's clumsy performance did not arouse their sideways attention - or rather, even if Wu Jieyu noticed it, she didn't say anything.

The relationship between Concubine Jing and the concubine of the Confucian Temple has always been very good, and when she saw Xu Xun coming, tears came down again, and when Xu Xun finished incense, she was a little blamed and said, "Why did you come!" ”

Xu Xun didn't know how to speak for a while-Concubine Jing was probably over-grieved, and she couldn't care about anything else, and she couldn't explain it herself, so she had to say vaguely, "After all...... Thinking of the old lady, it is better to come over at night, everyone is cheaper. ”

Concubine Jing was obviously stunned, thought for a moment, seemed to have an understanding, her obvious blame softened, wiped her tears and said, "It's good to come, my aunt valued you the most when she was alive......"

Saying that, the two of them couldn't help crying, Xu Xun just came over, and the tears were still fresh, but Concubine Jing was a little crying and dried her tears. Wu Jieyu was busy beside her to persuade her, and Xu Xun insisted on kneeling for Concubine Jing for a while, forcing her to eat something.

Concubine Jing disappeared for a while, and when she came back, she looked at Xu Xun's eyes, and she was different, and she helped Xu Xun up with her own hands, but she wanted to speak a few times before she whispered, "Good boy, it's hard for you - while the palace gate is not a thousand taels, you better go back quickly!" ”

Disobeying the hint of the queen mother, it is just a matter of running out, and if you want to stay in Qingning Palace for the night, it is a rhythm of completely ignoring the face of the landlord and turning your face with the old man. Xu Xun didn't want to provoke the Queen Mother boringly at this juncture and disturb the funeral of the concubine of the Confucian Temple, she wiped her tears and said in a low voice, "You are so considerate of me, I don't know what to say......

Concubine Hejing couldn't help crying a few more times, before she said goodbye and left, on the way out, she saw Jingci Immortal Master standing under the corridor, she wanted to stop, Jingci Immortal Master only waved at her. Xu Xun didn't stop, walked out of the palace gate, and went back to Yong'an Palace.

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The funeral of the imperial concubine is not as good as others, and it has its own set of exquisiteness. The emperor has ordered to drop out of the dynasty for five days, these five days to open the altar to set up sacrifices, because it is the old concubine of the three dynasties, set up a few altars to discuss, always to reflect the respect for the elders, but also to take care of the tight time, the queen mother went to cry once and went back to Qingning Palace, and the emperor back and forth to discuss, and finally decided to add six Shang in the palace in addition to the usual queen, princess, prince, prince, princess, and then add six Shang in the palace, that is, six bureaus, one division and one altar, and one altar for internal officials, so that the scene is also lively and beautiful, and it does not take much effort. -- Then I have to be busy opening the palace library to find all kinds of things to get it, because it is late, the palace door is locked, and tonight I don't take advantage of the night to get it done, and tomorrow the foreign woman comes in, and the scene is not good.

The emperor did not come in person, and it was not a score, the funeral of the imperial concubine was not the inner palace's own business, the Hanlin Academy wanted to write a book, the sacrificial texts of the seven altars, and the inscription of the concubine of the Confucian Temple, and more importantly, he wanted to choose the tomb of the concubine of the Confucian Temple - there will be no place for her in Changling, although you are the honor of the concubine, but there is no rule for the burial of concubines in this dynasty, although there are concubines in the Changling, but they are all the people who were martyred, and they have been buried directly in the mausoleum, as the only concubine who was not buried in the Emperor Wen dynasty, The emperor also had to decide whether she would return to Nanjing for burial, or be buried in the suburb of Jinshan, where the princess had been buried after her death over the years, or whether to find a feng shui treasure near Changling and bury her.

Compared with the military affairs he usually decides, this is not a big matter, but as the head of the family, this matter must also be decided by him, and the courtiers actually attach great importance to this kind of thing, and the cabinet ministers must attend the discussion. He discussed the name and reward for an afternoon, and finally demarcated Jinshan as the burial place of Zhaoyi's concubine - although some of Emperor Wen's concubines won the six-character reputation, but the Confucian temple concubine was not martyred, so she could not enjoy this honor.

These two major events are decided, and the rest of the book is just a program effort, as for how to blow the sky and add luster in the chronicles, that is the matter of the Hanlin Academy, the emperor will not care that they live in the outer courts, there is no channel to know the news in the palace, anyway, after everything is decided, what should he do, whether people are in the deep palace or not, whether they are vegetarian or not, can only be freely testified, anyway, others can't control it at all.

As for what to do? Invite a waiter from the concubine's side to come out through the celebrant supervisor, ask about the basic situation, and then ...... Boast. People have their own skills in writing a journal, which is the ability of literati to slowly cultivate with the entrance examination and so on, you have picked up a steamed bun, that is, 'concubine simplicity' Yunyun. There are people in the Hanlin Academy who specialize in this, and they are very enviable--Yuan Zhi has written, the family of relatives must be dotted, this time if Zhaoyi Guifei is a girl from the British public, their family can be smaller? For the hard-working Beijing officials, this is also a big subsidy.

As for the emperor, he enjoyed a low-key dinner in the Qianqing Palace, rinsed his mouth several times, and made sure that he would not smell strange, so he left for the Qingning Palace to incense the concubine Zhaoyi. Although the palace gate has been lowered for a thousand taels, this is naturally not an obstacle for the emperor.

According to the rules of the palace, young concubines and princes and grandsons do not meet. After becoming a concubine, she is generally over forty years old, and she will only meet the emperor by chance when she is old and decrepit. The emperor was still somewhat familiar with Concubine Jing when she was a child, since she became a concubine, there was no occasion to see her, at this time seeing her haggard appearance, thinking of her when she was a child, she treated herself diligently and kindly, but she couldn't help but be emotional, and she shed a few tears smoothly, and gave a decent salute to Concubine Zhaoyi - if it weren't for this, with the number of times he and Concubine Zhaoyi had met, these tears might not be forced.

After comforting Concubine Zhaoyi a few more words, seeing Wu Jieyu staying on the side and patiently accompanying him, he couldn't help nodding secretly: Wu Jieyu is a person in Yong'an Palace, he is still clear about this, Xu Xun occasionally talked to him about some contacts with Wu Jieyu and Cao Baolin. When Su Ri was in Changning Palace, he didn't think anything about them, but now that he has arrived in Yong'an Palace, his heart has become better. The vigil is hard work, and there is no gain, Wu Jieyu is willing to accompany here, which shows her kindness.

Of course, it is also possible that Xu Xun can't stay for a long time, so he hints that Wu Jieyu will come to fulfill her filial piety, otherwise, with her personality and relationship with Concubine Zhaoyi, she will definitely volunteer to come to guard the spirit.

These thoughts almost automatically came to mind, and the emperor shook his head and didn't think about Xu Xun anymore: When Concubine Zhaoyi died, all palaces had to keep filial piety, at least before this funeral, he was not good at running to the palace of concubines. Even if you go to visit the sick, it doesn't sound good to spread out, doesn't it add a handle to the Queen Mother? Even if I sent a message to Xu Xun just now, it was all through Ma Shi, and others didn't plan to go to Yong'an Palace these days, so naturally they couldn't comfort her. - When you come to offer incense, you have to cover it up, and tomorrow everyone in the Great Spirit Shed will sacrifice, and it is impossible for her to come forward. Concubine Zhaoyi was kind to her, she couldn't participate in her funeral, and she couldn't even get support from him, Xu Xun must have been very aggrieved and depressed in her heart, and she needed his explanation.

Now is not the time to think about this, even if there is a contradiction, you have to send Concubine Zhaoyi away. The emperor pressed his thoughts, motioned to Ma Shi to lead, and turned around and walked towards the queen mother's residence.

Halfway through, he was a little surprised to see a figure vaguely hiding behind a pillar under the corridor—of course, it was impossible for someone to be rude in the palace, at least not in the emperor.

Just as he was about to raise his voice to ask, Ma Shi suddenly coughed, and he whispered very vaguely, "Grandpa, it's the Immortal Master......

The emperor suddenly realized, he couldn't help but sneer slightly, thought about it, and was too lazy to deal with a female streamer, so he didn't make a sound, quickened his pace, and soon turned the corner.

When the emperor entered the door, a room full of people was short, and it was naturally a disturbance at the moment, but with the emperor's participation, the queen mother also quickly decided some matters.

After everyone retreated, the mother and son glanced at each other, and seemed to be guessing each other's mood, only to see that the other party was as if nothing had happened, so they didn't say anything, and the emperor asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and then retreated to the Qianqing Palace.

When he walked out of the door, he thought in his heart: It seems that his mother didn't know that Xu Xun had been here...... Qingning Palace is busy, if one or two people take care of it, this matter may not be able to reach her ears. Xu Xun can listen to her, and he didn't even show up at the funeral of Concubine Zhaoyi, with his mother's temperament, he should be able to be satisfied, right? At least in the past few months, there will be no more trouble with Yong'an Palace.

The Queen Mother looked at her son's back, and she was quite satisfied: she had suppressed the concubine for a while, and the Queen Mother didn't know that she was not reasonable in this matter? From the day she forcibly suppressed the concubine, she waited for the emperor to intercede for her, after all, this was not the first time that the emperor had come to speak for his concubine.

Whether Xu Xun didn't speak, or the emperor chose to be silent, at least he didn't mean to intercede for the concubine today, even if he sent this basket of pears, the concubine was afraid that she couldn't hold it back, and she had already handed over the message to the emperor.

After all, the affection is still not as good as the Sun family, or rather, after that time, the emperor also changed his temperament and knew how to act in the palace, and it was time to talk about the rules of the palace - when he was the queen of his mother-in-law, he didn't speak, and this time he gave the concubine a head for a little thing, which was undoubtedly very unruly.

The corners of the Queen Mother's lips couldn't help but rise slightly-for her, the emperor's willingness to follow the rules was not a bad thing. If there are no rules in this palace, then it is called upsetting.

As for Xu Xun's mood at the moment, she could somewhat imagine it. If you want to make a person uncomfortable, the best way is to prescribe the right medicine, make Queen Sun uncomfortable, it is enough to hold up a prince's adoptive mother, and to make Xu Guifei uncomfortable......

To be honest, in the heart of the Queen Mother, Concubine Xu has always been more tricky than Empress Sun, if it wasn't for the death of Concubine Zhaoyi, it would be difficult for her to vent the evil breath in her heart properly.

Naturally, she thought casually - it can't be too much, even if the Xu family is frizzy, it is still haode, at least, if you press her too hard, the Sun family should get up again...... Compared to the Sun family, she would rather see the Xu family proud. It's just that before that, we have to sharpen her temperament and teach her to understand things.

After the funeral, if she knows how to come over and ask for goodwill, Hu will naturally speak for her. Just look at Hu's face, this step down, the Queen Mother doesn't plan to push it out, but when she goes out, it depends on her happiness.

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Although it was the height of summer, the funeral of Concubine Zhaoyi was still very organized and very dignified. Almost overnight, the big spiritual shed was erected, the altar was complete, the sacrificial texts were also complete, and as for the yellow paper and white flags, filial piety clothes and hemp crowns, and other things, they were all purchased overnight. When the foreign women entered the palace to pay tribute, everything was already in order, and the chaos of the past night did not leave a trace at all.

Regardless of the monks, the monks who are supported by the royal family are naturally complete, the practice is to do things, to worship and worship, and the foreign women invade the palace in the morning every day, and return in the evening, although it is hard, but there is no dare to be lazy and not come forward. Now that Dongchang is rampant, if it is really sick, it is fine, but if it is pretending to be sick, this is a big crime for Jing'er. The risks and benefits are not proportional.

If you are tired for seven days, the site of the mausoleum of Zhaoyi Guifei has also been chosen, but the grave is a very slow thing, seven days later, the funeral, the coffin is temporarily parked in the Changling Temple, and then the official burial is carried out until the Jinshan Mausoleum is completed. When the funeral is out of the city, it is necessary to show the people of the whole city a lively, civil and military officials and foreign women have to participate in the road sacrifice, where there is a time for the palace to drop out of the court, it is impossible for the court officials to be idle, anyway, in the past seven days, there are always a lot of etiquette for them to participate, and the attitude is not the slightest slack.

The funeral is not all over, after seven or seven days, one hundred days, there will be another sacrifice, the palace people cited the example of Cheng Musun Guifei, the vassal kings for Zhaoyi Guifei to serve the annual filial piety, as for the emperor and the concubines, naturally reduced by one level, serve the March great filial piety, even if it is realized.

Of course, if it is not for the filial piety of the parents, they will definitely not prohibit intercourse, as long as they don't make too much trouble, no one will come out to restrain them. Basically, soon after the funeral, everyone resumed their daily lives, but the original boiling inner peace hall in the palace was split by the funeral of Concubine Zhaoyi, and now it has temporarily turned into a low period, and not many people talk about letting people out of the palace. On the contrary, there are rumors that Xu Guifei's illness is not very good.

- The reason is also very simple, even the funeral of Zhaoyi Guifei, she did not come forward, but the queen came out once during the funeral, but the concubine Niangniang did not even move at all, with the life of the concubine Niangniang, if she was not seriously ill, she would not be like this.

Since ancient times, rumors have been that the more terrifying they are, the more marketable they are, and even if there is no evidence, everyone is willing to listen to them - as if to prove the truth of this matter, the emperor suddenly issued a will, which caused an uproar.

-- With the concubine's many years of service and diligence, assisting in the management of the palace, at the mercy of the queen mother, invited by the queen, following the old practice of the Taizu Emperor Ning Concubine, for the concubine to be the imperial concubine again.